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HB 286 Schedule VI prescriptions; allows practitioner to prescribe if there is an urgency for treatment.

Introduced by: Rosalyn R. Dance | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Schedule VI prescriptions; certain infectious diseases. Authorizes a health care practitioner to prescribe Schedule VI antibiotics and antiviral agents to a person in close contact with a diagnosed patient of the practitioner without first conducting a physical examination of the person when the practitioner has a bona fide practitioner-patient relationship with the diagnosed patient, the practitioner meets all requirements for a bona fide practitioner-patient relationship with the person in close contact with the diagnosed patient other than the requirement for a physical examination, the practitioner believes that there is urgency to begin treatment to prevent transmission of a communicable disease, and emergency treatment is necessary to prevent imminent risk of death, life-threatening illness, or serious disability.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Schedule VI prescriptions; certain infectious diseases.  Allows a practitioner to prescribe Schedule VI controlled substances, consistent with recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Department of Health, without having performed the required patient examination, when, in his professional judgment, he deems there is urgency to begin treatment or to prevent the transmission of a communicable disease to close contacts of a diagnosed patient with whom the practitioner meets all other requirements of a bona fide practitioner-patient.